Speeding car hits divider on Surathkal NH 66, three injured
Surathkal: Three people sustained minor injuries as their car hit a divider and also a shop by the road after the driver lost control over the vehicle while traveling on the national highway 66 near Thadambail Marigudi here on Sunday morning.
The three passengers, including a youngster and two young ladies, left Udupi for Mangaluru in the car early Sunday morning. At around 3:30 am, when they reached Thadambail Marigudi, the driver is learned to have missed a turn as there was no signboard.
As the car was on high speed, the driver allegedly lost control over the vehicle, which not only hit but also crossed the divider on the highway before ramming a shop on the other side of the road.
The car is learned to be heavily damaged and the tyres blasted, due to the impact of the collision. The building too was found damaged.
The passengers had minor injuries, but are found to be out of danger. Their lives are learned to have been saved as the air bag of the car had been open during the accident.
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UP: Five of family arrested for assaulting a cop during raid in Sultanpuri
New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi Police has arrested five of a family for allegedly assaulting a police officer and snatching his service pistol during a raid in the Sultanpuri area, an official said on Wednesday.
The accused are Rajender (50), his sons Ritik (24), Sachin (29), Abhishek (26), and his daughter Komal (22).
The incident occurred on September 2, when a team from the Anti-Narcotics Task Force arrested Alka, wife of Rajender, for possession of heroin, police said.
During the raid, Alka's family members attacked a police officer with sticks and bricks and snatched his service pistol, mobile phone, and wallet. However, the officer managed to recover his service pistol, they said.
Police said that an FIR was registered and an investigation was launched.
Acting on a tip-off, police arrested the accused, absconding since the incident, from a flat in Raghubir Nagar in Delhi.
